How many times is Liverpool going to head to High Court? The Reds were close to being sold to NESV (New England Sports Venture which owns the Red Sox) after the current very unpopular co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr failed to win back control of the club.
The sale was halted as Hicks and Gillett were granted an injunction by a Texas court. While the team is in serious debt and the...

The Rebuilding of the Brazilian National Team
After being knocked out in a humiliating fashion, a disastrous second half display against the Dutch at the 2010 South Africa FIFA World Cup, Brazil found itself lost, in search of its soul. Ever since the tragic defeat to Italy at the infamous Sarria Stadium in Barcelona in the 1982 World Cup, Brazil’s approach to football (soccer) became a more ...

A critical week 6 is upon us in La Liga. 3 Catalan speaking clubs lead the way while Murinho’s boys lie sandwiched in between. Valencia currently sits in1stfollowed by Villarreal, Real Madrid, and Barcelona.
I am a Real Madrid supporter (I'll try not to favor them too much). My favorite player is Sergio Ramos. Ramos is doubtful for this week’s Real match in which they face Malaga on S...

Tricheur. Imbroglione. Cheater. I don’t mind if we say it in French, Italian or English. It all translates the same way. The main reason I hold such disgust for these two world famous footballers is because they both have a knack for cheating. To go along with their scandalous behavior, I must also proclaim that each one is terribly overrated. I know people will read this and sa...

India's two Test match series against Australia points to the fact that the Test match cricket is far from dead. A lot of it has to do with the quality of cricketers on either side, but some of the credit needs to be given to the manner in which the pitches have behaved in the series as well.
I write this even as Australia try hard to level the Test match series at Bangalore on the fourth day o...

Let’s rewind to the year 1996. I’m sitting at a small soccer field in the Midwest, outside of Chicago, watching my brother’s match for the Downers Grove Roadrunners, whom I also played for at the time. After his game, he said to me, “Did you see that kid over there?” “No, why?” I replied. My brother went on to explain to me. “He’s my age, by far the best player in th...

Sachin Tendulkar won the Sir Garfield Sobers ICC Player of the Year award at the awards function in Bangalore last evening. He pipped the challenge from Graeme Swann, Virender Sehwag and Haashim Amla to bag the coveted award for the first time since 2004.
In another month, Sachin Tendulkar would have played international cricket for 21 years. And yet, the fire burns in his belly like never bef...

Some people may think I’m a bit crazy for wanting to say that the famed la liga masters are in some trouble, but let’s review some facts. Barcelona or Barca as they’re so cooly called in the football world currently sits in 4th place in La Liga. Barca almost tallied 100 points in la liga last year and still set the all time record for points narrowly beating Real Madrid. The season ...

India should have probably never won the first Test match against Australia at Mohali, but the greatness of VVS Laxman can hardly be underestimated. Especially when the opposition is Australia. Laxman hit a most valuable half century to guide his side to a 1-0 lead over the Aussies at Mohali.
Words can only do so much justice to what VVS Laxman did today. Countless attempts can be made to descr...

The one song that could be playing from the Chennai Super Kings dressing room – apart from their catchy anthem – would be, “We are the Champions” and double-champions at that. Three months after capturing the Indian Premier League back in India, the Super Kings ran home victors in the Champions League T20 by beating the home team, Warriors.
After an exciting set of group stage games, th...

England announced their squad for the Ashes yesterday, a good two months before the first ball will be bowled in the first Test match at the Gabba in Brisbane. Australian coach Tim Nielsen, on the other hand, spoke about how Aussie preparations for the series were a “one step ahead of where we are at the moment.” With the series against India beginning in exactly a week’s time from now, w...

Chelsea celebrating another goal.
So there was an international break a couple weeks ago, and so hence the delay in the power rankings. However, the break was a blessing in disguise, giving me time to see Champions League and Europa league games and having a better idea how to rank the teams from different leagues. There are a lot of traditional powers who have struggled early, while some early...